de·cur·rent 
(dĭ-kûrənt, -kŭr-)
(dĭ-kûrənt, -kŭr-)adj.
Botany
Botany
Having the leaf base extending down the stem below the insertion.
[Middle English, from Latin dēcurrēns, dēcurrent-, present participle of dēcurrere, to run down : dē-, de- + currere, to run; see kers- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
de·current·ly adv.